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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
1,500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
16 January 2017
Employment effect (start)
16 January 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
Car manufacturer Autoeuropa has announced the creation of 1,500 jobs at its factory in Palmela, Setúbal. The new jobs are due to the production of a new car model (SUV T-Roc), which is scheduled to start in the second half of 2017. Second and third shifts will be reintroduced at the factory. By 2018, Autoeuropa intends to be able to produce 200,000 vehicles yearly. Recruitment for the new positions is reported to be already underway.
Sources
16 January 2017: Jornal de negocios
16 January 2017: Dinheiro Vivo
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Autoeuropa, Business expansion in Portugal, factsheet number 89762, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/89762.
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